Founder of Columbia University's National Center for Disaster Preparedness, mayoral adviser Dr. Irwin Redlener charges US president with massive delay in testing, mixed messages

Information took too long to filter into the insular ultra-Orthodox world, and some key rabbis didn't grasp the pandemic danger. Now Israel braces for the consequences of the delay

De Toledo High School in West Hills says that while cleaning of campus, it found boxes of masks purchased for community during the wildfires last fall

Up to 50,000 laborers expected to move back to West Bank ahead of Passover, sparking fears of surge in infections; Shtayyeh blasts notion of Israel 'medically annexing' territory

Mayor of Hungarian capital says aid from Jewish philanthropist vilified by right should be seen as a generous gesture, warning critics against 'offensive misinterpretations'

PM pledges NIS 500 per child and the elderly ahead of Passover, with more than 1 million out of work, but not clear where money will come from or if it will arrive in time

Calls grow for swabbing to identify so-called silent spreaders, and build coronavirus intelligence to fight the virus in a 'smart' manner

71-year-old is most senior Israeli official to be diagnosed so far with COVID-19, said to be in a good condition and working from isolation at home; Netanyahu informed of situation

81 patients on ventilators; death toll hits 25; Bnei Brak remains city with second highest number of cases, as government mulls further restrictions for ultra-Orthodox city

Prime minister says virus epicenter Bnei Brak to be largely sealed to traffic; all arrivals in country will be taken to quarantine hotels